Located on New York City’s Museum Mile, in the landmarked Warburg mansion, the Jewish Museum was the first institution of its kind in the United States and is one of the oldest Jewish museums in the world. ![]() ![]() The Jewish Museum is an art museum committed to illuminating the complexity and vibrancy of Jewish culture for a global audience. This exhibition is made possible by The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation.ĭigital guide supported by Bloomberg Connects. The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation collection will be the subject of a forthcoming catalogue. Bloomberg Connects is accessible for either onsite or offsite visits and can be downloaded to any mobile device. The exhibition will be accompanied by an audio tour available within the Jewish Museum’s digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app. Programs will include a series of artist interviews, conversations, and art-making workshops inspired by the exhibition. Burundi, 1983Īlexander Yulikov, Russian, b. 1943 (Yulikov’s work is not available for this exhibition) The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Grantees Exhibition design is by Ivi Diamantopoulou and Jaffer Kolb, New Affiliates. In Newman’s own account, The Wild was meant to test whether something modest could hold its own against something grand: in its first presentation, it was shown opposite the painting Vir Heroicus Sublimis (1950-51), a room-filling magnum opus.Īfter “The Wild”: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection is organized by guest curator Kelly Taxter, with Shira Backer, Leon Levy Associate Curator, The Jewish Museum. It contrasts sharply with the heroically scaled paintings for which Newman is well known. Standing at 8 feet tall and a mere 1 ½ inches wide, the work consists of a dark orange “Zip” set against razor thin bands of black. The exhibition title is inspired by Barnett Newman’s 1950 painting The Wild. Diverse in style, training, background, and age, the Foundation’s grantees-whose works comprise this exhibition-share Newman’s seriousness of purpose, as well as his unflagging drive to explore the outer limits of his own ideas. After his death, Annalee Newman, his widow, created The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation to help further the spirit of great art that Barnett Newman so clearly exhibited, by giving grants. To them, Newman appeared not as an old master but as a true peer-curious, engaged, and as eager to delve into the nuances of technique as to art’s philosophical underpinnings. Largely overlooked by critics, curators, and collectors until his later years, he was nonetheless a stalwart and generous supporter of his colleagues, befriending and mentoring countless younger artists. After “The Wild”: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection will be on view at the Jewish Museum from March 24 through October 1, 2023.īarnett Newman (1905-1970) is among the most influential artists associated with Abstract Expressionism. These works are part of a larger gift to the Museum in 2018 comprising artworks made by the recipients of The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Award (see below for the list of artists). ![]() The Jewish Museum will present After “The Wild”: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection, an exhibition highlighting contemporary artworks by 47 intergenerational and internationally based artists made between 19. Credit: © Fred Tomaselli After “The Wild”: Contemporary Art from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection Gift of The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation. Fred Tomaselli, Study for June 2, 2018, 2018.
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